Adjustable curtain-holder.



A. URDZELA. ADJUSTABLE CURTAIN HOLDER.

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A. URDZELA. ADJUSTABLE CURTAIN HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED 020.1, 19H.

Patented June 1, 1915.

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ANDREW UBDZELA, OF HAM'IBAMCK, MICHIGAN.

ADJUSTABLE CURTAIN-HOLDER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1915.

Application filed December 1, 1914. Serial No. 874,988.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that 1, ANDREW URDZELA, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at llamtramck, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Curtain-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in adjustable curtain holders.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a ready means for suspending curtains in a draped position adj acent'the window frame within a room and provided with a resilient retaining device for preventing a removal of the curtain.

A further object of the invention is to provide a curtain holder adapted to be secured to a window casing and being adjustable in length whereby the device is serviceable for different widths of windows as well as for curtains of different widths. I

A still further object is to provide an adjustable curtain holder having a resilient curtain engaging retaining means and adapted to be locked against movement when the curtain 18 positioned properly draped upon thedevice. 1

VVltll these general ob ects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, illustratedinthe accompanying drawings and set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like-designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a window provided .with the present device but with the curtain removed. Fig. 2 is a side view of the window, showing the device in vertical trans verse section. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of substantiallyone-half of the device detached. Fig. 4: is a top plan view thereof. Fig. "5 is a detail transverse sectional view through the curtain and clamping poles and illustrating a portion of a curtain in its engaged position therebetween. Fig. 6 is 'a similar sectional view taken through the adjustable portions of the poles. Fig. 7 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken through the adjustable portionof the frame, and Fig. 8 is a perspective View of one of the retaining clips for the adjustable poles.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, it will be first noted that the device broadly consists of a supporting frame having opposite base plates 10 which are fixedly secured to the window casing 11 and preferably at the upper portion thereof. A pair of forwardly projecting brackets 12 are provided upon each of the base plates 10, the upper bracket of each pair terminating in a supporting loop 13 within which the curtain pole 1 1 is freely positioned, it being designed to drape the curtain 15 over the said pole in substantially the usual manner. The base plates 10 are provided adjacent the tops thereof with forwardly projecting bow springs 16 which have a clamping pole 17 rigidly attached to their free ends, the springs being of suflicient length and curvature to accurately position the clamping pole 17 normally in contact with the upper surface of the curtain pole 14.

By this arrangement it will be seen that the clamping pole 1 7 may be manually separated from the curtain pole 1 1' sufliciently to allow the insertion of the curtain 15 therebetween and over the curtain pole, and that when normally positioned the clamping pole 17 resiliently secures the curtain to the curtain pole. A separate angular arm 18 is pivoted to each of the upper brackets 12, such arms being capable of positioning above the pole 17 when the same is engaged with the curtain and thus locking the poles together and preventing the removal of the curtain from the device until after the arms are released.

Inwardly extending lugs 19 may also be provided upon the brackets 12 if desired for supporting a shade roller such as 20 in any desired manner.

Each of the poles 14 and 17 is adjustable in length and formed in substantially the same manner in separate sections 21 and 22 each being semi-circular in cross section and provided with a longitudinal" radial slot 23 which divides each semi-circular section into two equal parts or quadrants. The separate sections of each pole being overlapped for forming the complete pole as best illustrated in Fig. 3, the unslotted free ends 24 of each pole section is provided with a clip plate 25 of the form illustrated in Fig; 8 which plate extends through the slot 23 of the adjacently positioned pole section and has a projecting terminal flange 26 adapted for sliding engagement with the companion section. By this arrangement it will be readily'understood from viewing the drawings that the pole sections are slidably combined so that the complete length of the two poles may be regulated at will under the limitations of the length of the pole sections and the relative slots. The pole ends 24 are preferably provided withbeveled surfaces 27 which fit within the cut-away portions 28 of the unmutilated ends of the poles.

The brackets 12 are also provided with length-adjusting connections in the form of parallel portions 29 and 30 carried respectively by the opposite brackets," the rods 30 being adapted to slide between therods 29 while the rods 30 have a clip 31 at their' inner ends provided with collars 32 encircling the rods 29 and slidably mounted thereon. The rods 29 similarly are provided with a clip 33 which has an encircling portion 34 for slidably receiving the rods 30.

By this detail description of the device, it

will be clear that the poles and the bracket connections may be slidably moved as desired for the purpose of regulating the distance between the brackets 12 so that the device may be accommodating by all the widths of windows, the length of the device also alters the length of the poles and adapts the same for dif- The manner of ferent widths of curtains. mounting and removing the curtain from the poles having been heretofore set forth, it will be seen that a serviceable device is provided which is easy and cheap to manuwhile such a limiting in factu-re, but has sufficient strengthifor the purposes for which it is designed.

l'Vhile the form of the invention herein shown and describedis what is believed to be the preferred embodiment thereof, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed. i

What I claim as new is V V 1. A device of the class described'comprising spaced brackets terminating in open hooks, a curtain pole resting within said hooks, bow springs carried by saidbrackets, a clamping pole rigidly secured to the'free ends of saidsprings and normally bearing upon the said curtain pole, upon said brackets positionable withinthe line of movement of said clamping pole,

pairs of spaced rods carried by the said brackets, and inter engaging members upon said rods slidably'attached t0 the companion jectin'g through the slot of the adjacent sec pivoted arms tion, a flange upon the projecting free end a of said plates whereby slidablyretaihed in their assembled rela-V tions. V

In testimony whereof I affiX my Signature in presence of two Witnesses.

I p ANDREW URDZELA,

Witnesses; 7 7 v JoHN KAMrNs i, FELIX- SZYMANSKYI.

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